Timber Wolf Behavior

There are all sorts of observable behaviors, exhibited by animals, that can also be observed in human beings, and of course, this is the kind of fact that reminds the human being that it is an animal, too. As such, studies abound on the social behavior of animals, and many researchers focus on the areas where there is overlap between human social elements and the social dynamics of other species. One of the prime examples of social behavior in animals is the fact that most animals are clearly capable of recognizing friends or family when, from a human perspective, it seems impossible to tell one squirrel from another. A new study illustrates this an even deeper way, showing that honeybees can be just as fooled by optical illusions as humans.

Beyond that, a timber wolf in Minnesota wouldn’t recognize a timber wolf from Malaysia for the same reason that businessman in Minnesota might not recognize a businessman from Malaysia. However, this whole recognition process works a lot differently for many animals than it does for humans, yet the result and even the efficacy can still be roughly the same. Jill Mateo, head of the Adaptive Research Lab at the University of Chicago, says that most animals recognize each other based on either sight or smell and that the next most recognized cues in the animal kingdom are sounds, which are usually made intentionally as audible cues from one animal to another. Odors, though, are as much a part of the process as any visual prompt, and since most animals’ sight is less detailed than that of human eyes, it makes sense that their ability to recognize one another just as simply as we do might require a supplementary